Flat for sale in London E1, 1 Bedroom

Property Ref: 1667

With stunning views over the Gherkin and the Scalpel, this tastefully finished south-facing one bed is ideal for City professionals or as a rental / AirBnB property. Amongst only 9000 people who can call themselves residents of the City of London, Zone One living means you will be within vertical sightline of Aldgate tube (Circle, Metropolitan), yet also 5 minutes walk from Liverpool Street station (Crossrail from December: 10 mins to Paddington, 6 mins to Canary Wharf).

Relax on the 22nd floor of this Corporation of London designed 1972 residence, far above traffic noise, with good sound insulation (meaning no noise from neighbours above, below or next door) and also triple glazing. There are only 4 apartments per floor meaning the lift lobby and communal areas are always peaceful.

The apartment has been refurbished to a high standard with notable highlights including a new kitchen and bathroom, high quality wooden flooring throughout, powerful panel radiators and ipe hardwood decking. The apartment is also fitted with a modern, secure smart lock and so can be configured to unlock as you approach the front door.

Kitchen: Fully fitted kitchen with induction hob, quiet extractor fan, brushed metal splashback, self-closing drawers, extensive storage space including a full-height cupboard and two deep rows of hydraulic flip-open wall cabinets. Above the splashback, diffuse two-shade LED backlighting adds a nuanced ambient glow to the overhead light and the expansive sunrise vistas from the large east-facing window. The kitchen comes with the integrated freezer and a triple oven / microwave / steamer. Standalone (new) dishwasher, refrigerator and capacious (7kg capacity) washing machine / dryer are included in the purchase price.

Living room: Afternoon light streams over the wooden floorboards in this airy living room with views across the Gherkin, Bevis Marks, the Scalpel, 100 Bishopsgate, the Can of Ham, the Lloyds Building, Walkie Talkie and the top of the Shard. The room is amply heated during the winter months by the large newly-fitted wall-mounted panel heater. The living room connects to the kitchen though an original floor-to-ceiling opaque glass doorway and glazed surround. All doors retain their original handles and both this door and the living room hallway door retain their original opaque glass inlays.

Terrace: Connecting to the living room via a sliding double glazed door, the patio is newly covered in a smooth decking made of ipe hardwood. This outdoor space strikingly frames the south-south-westerly view within the architectural frame of the building’s outer structure to create an indoor/outdoor space where the fresh 22nd floor breeze clears the mind. A perfect balcony to open champagne and raise two glasses.

Bedroom: Bespoke floor-to-ceiling cupboards form an entire wall of the bedroom to provide considerable storage space with an elegant cherry wood veneer. The Vita Copenhagen Silvia lampshade casts soft light over a warm and spacious double bedroom with all the original boxing and piping removed to produce clean lines and a spacious interior. Here too the panel radiator sends forth waves of heat, into a room which is nonetheless also triple-glazed. As with every room in the apartment, a configuration of tiny, clear rubber buffers positioned on opposing surfaces ensures that each door, window and cupboard handle is impact-cushioned.

Bathroom: This newly refurbished bathroom sees sandstone tiles and a clean white ceiling complemented by understated ceramic and stainless steel fittings. With the water in the bath or shower flowing at high pressure (pump assisted) you can relax in the knowledge that there is a significant volume of hot water on hand. The well-maintained communal hot water system is backed up by the apartment’s own reserves of hot and cold water. Newly installed this year, the Chrome Hudson Reed shower fixture provides a focal point and generates a broad circular cascade. The bathroom is well-ventilated, basks in residual heat from the water tank and retains the charming original heated towel rail - a pipe intrinsic to the heating system.

Hallway: A dramatic 12kg oak-framed mirror lends grandeur to a hallway which then connects through to the living room via a more intimate passage at door height. The hallway features another floor-to-ceiling cherry wood cupboard for storing shoes and larger items. As well as being painted (walls and ceiling) in a soft white paint embedded with particles designed to increase reflected luminosity, the hallway is lit both by a strong halogen ceiling light and by incidental spot illumination which automatically turns on, responding to movement upon entering the apartment.

Fundamentals: This is a leasehold property with 95 years remaining on the lease. As with the Barbican, the freehold belongs to the City of London. As the property has no gas supplied to it, there is both personal peace of mind and sound potential as a rental property. The heating and hot water are communal, highly reliable, and included in an annual service charge of £2259. Ground rent is £10 per annum. The local authority is the reputable and highly responsive City of London. The building is very well looked after, with responsive front desk staff available to handle queries six days a week at the Artizan Street Library (beside the main entrance). The friendly resident caretaker cleans the communal areas every day and the building is part of a daily routine patrol by a community support officer and by noise monitoring vehicles. Broadband is exceptionally fast at 80Mbps and is set to be increased to a gigabit connection by Hyperoptic (currently stage 4: Building being upgraded to gigabit fibre connection). Due to its central zone 1 location the apartment has excellent coverage from startup services (such as extensive range and rapid delivery times on uberEats and Deliveroo) and is served by ViaVan, Citymapper’s Smart Ride and Chariot - in addition to standard ridehailing options.

Furnishings: In addition to the items described above (triple oven, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, washing machine) and all curtains and ceiling lampshades, the following items may also be left in the property, subject to agreement: Double bed, memory foam mattress, slimline desk, coffee table, two dining chairs, leather sofa with electric recliner.

Parking and Storage: A secure private parking space is available below the apartment (with direct lift access leading from the apartment to the basement car park). Petticoat Tower currently has 88 unused spaces, available from the City of London at weekly rates ranging from £4.42 to £55.52. As a resident entitlement, this is exempt VAT. Warm dry secure storage rooms are also available on the ground floor for a nominal fee of £2 per week.

Grounds: The building has a residents only podium with a communal garden and seating. In addition, due for completion in Q3, at the entrance to the building, an elaborate series of planters has been commissioned to turn the Artizan Street entranceway into an official City of London Garden. Recently, over the first half of 2018, the communal spaces on each floor have been repainted and the lighting updated; and the ground floor lobby will shortly also be redecorated in a series of works whose costs have been borne by the City of London. This year the roadway and pavements around the entire Artizan Street building entrance and the Library have been entirely overhauled and relaid in granite with continuous pavements, improved drainage and vehicular bollards.

Neighbourhood: The Sir John Cass primary school, ranked as Outstanding by Ofsted and listed in the top 10% nationally sits 200 metres away from the apartment across the newly built park and beside St Botolph Without Aldgate. The new Portsoken Pavilion cafe has been designed by the same firm of architects behind the St Paul’s visitor centre and provides a striking centrepiece to these new landscaped gardens now known as “Aldgate Square” beside the 1744 church. The neighbourhood is safe as it is a stone’s throw from the global headquarters of many financial institutions and although pedestrian traffic drops off at weekends, there are invariably large groups of walking tours passing through in every kind of weather, pointing to the storied history of the East End. On Sundays, Petticoat Lane Market transforms nearby Middlesex Street into a lively clothes market, which has been a mainstay of these lanes for over 400 years. Nearby shops include an extended opening hours Co-op and Tesco Metro, both around 2 minutes walk away, a Post Office directly outside the building and a much larger Tesco, 5 minutes walk away. In Liverpool St Station opposite the Tesco, there are two M&S Simply Food outlets. Other nearby venues of note include Trade (for brunch, voted London’s best coffee shop several years running) and the New St chapter of Taylor St Baristas; secret cocktail hideaways Discount Suit Company and 46 & Mercy; sunny afternoons in the roof garden at The Culpepper; and Pitt Cue relocated from Soho to smoke and stir again opposite the Devonshire Club. And make sure you try the açaí bowl at Benk + Bo on the corner - it’s a great new coffee place that’s also a co-working space and yoga studio.

Residents love: “sunrises and sunsets, the light in the bright spacious kitchen, and the buzz of lively Shoreditch next door. It’s a quick commute to work and I love living literally in the middle of everything”

Residents love: “The first day of work this year I woke up and the sunrise was reflecting off the side of the Gherkin. It was beautiful.”

Offered without chain.

Property Ref: 1667


Property Ref: 1667
For viewing arrangement, please use 99home online viewing system.

If calling, please quote reference: 1667

Disclaimer : Is the seller's agent for this property. Your conveyancer is legally responsible for ensuring any purchase agreement fully protects your position. We make detailed enquiries of the seller to ensure the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Please inform us if you become aware of any information being inaccurate.